I added Hits to my Netflix queue because it included Julia Stiles in the cast list. I should have done a little more research. She shows up for two minutes in the very beginning of the movie and has one or two lines….
The description and poster art were also intriguing. It looked like it could have been a great satire. Instead it was just an indie blah fest. The jokes lacked punch. It was sort of like an hour and a half episode of Portlandia but even less funny.
The thing is that you feel sorry for Dave and his daughter and the hopeless rapper and the poor women selling baby clothes and married to a narcissistic, untalented closet dweller. Pity is not a good background satire. Once you pity the players, you cannot laugh at them. The pity makes it hard to laugh the people who are taking advantage of them. I cannot laugh at people I find truly terrible.
I say skip it and do something useful with the 100 minutes.
